The Food Express

Food Express is a popular kebab-and-grill takeaway on Bridgegate in Howden — the street running down from the Market Place toward the railway side of the town. The kitchen runs a broad pizza-and-grill menu: stone-baked pizzas, doner and shish kebab combinations, southern-fried chicken boxes, burgers, wraps and a kids-menu section that has earned the shop a steady family trade alongside the weekend late-evening rush.

The shop opens seven days a week from mid-afternoon, and the East Riding Council last awarded it a five-out-of-five food-safety score on its 2020 inspection. Reviewer feedback is mixed — the regulars praise the doner kebabs, citing the soft flatbreads and the sauces, alongside the friendly team handling larger family orders, while occasional visitors have flagged price rises and quality inconsistency. Trade is takeaway and delivery; no sit-in. Howden is a compact market town where the local trade splits across a handful of evening operators, and Food Express has held its position as one of the busier pizza-and-kebab counters by running broader hours than most of its neighbours.